Definitions for piastre

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. piaster, piastre(noun)

    a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria

  2. kurus, piaster, piastre(noun)

    100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey

Wiktionary

  1. piastre(Noun)

    A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real.

  2. piastre(Noun)

    A form of currency originally used in the Ottoman Empire, and now used in the Middle Eastern countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria.

  3. Origin: From piastra, probably from emplastra.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Piastre(noun)

    see Piaster


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